Do you ever find yourself with half an onion or pepper, a couple random radishes, or maybe even some great carrots? They're close to turning and you haven't been able to find a home for them yet. Well if so, and you're reading this, you're in luck. Don't throw away your vegetables, pickle them!

We recently ran into this issue at the Baking Steel test kitchen, not wanting to let our vegetables to go to waste, I opted to give them a quick pickle. There's not much to pickling, but man can you have some fun. You really can flavor your brine with whatever makes you happy, as few or as many flavors as you want. I ended up using them to make a relish, which resulted in a beautiful mix of colors and flavors.